She woke up to complete darkness surrounding her. Making sure her eyes were opened, she widened and rubbed them frantically, hoping the darkness would disappear and warm light would fall onto her frozen skin. But she opened them again only to find herself enveloped in shadows.
“Finally,” she heard a voice say. “I didn’t think you’d ever show.”
She swallowed and took a deep breath, hoping to slow down her rapid heartbeat which seemed to be getting faster by the second, praying to get rid of the chill that went through her body.
“Who…are you?” she slowly said.
The voice began to chuckle slyly. The laughter followed with footsteps which seemed to be getting closer to her. Heavier and heavier. She covered her ears and curled up as the steps became louder and louder. Each clunk coming closer. Hugging her knees and trying to hold her breath, she began to cry.
“Make this stop,” she whispered. “Make this stop.”
When the footsteps finally reached her, she began to shake.
“First timer huh?” the deep voice asked. “Do you know where you are?”
She shook her head quickly, her eyes trying to adjust to the darkness.
“See that light at the end of that tunnel there?” the voice questioned.
She squinted her eyes. In the distance appeared a tiny sphere of brightness. The warmest light she had ever seen.
“Here’s some advice, kid. Don’t move.”
Confused, she suddenly became immobilized. All she wanted to do was listen to the voice who seemed to know every answer in the world at that moment.
“Wh…what is…” she attempted to speak. “I’m cold.” She shivered again, this time being able to see her own breath right in front of her.
“Look, whatever you do, don’t go near that light. Do you hear me?”
She sat completely still, trying to stop her shaking.
“Do you get it?” the voice demanded.
“Yes…I heard you.” She whispered through her chattering teeth. “Who are you? Your voice sounds…familiar.”
“I’m not anybody.”
She could suddenly feel herself getting warmer. She could no longer see her own breath, and the light became smaller and smaller until it simply disappeared and she was once again in complete darkness.
She looked around, and let the silence fill her ears, the black fall onto her skin like heavy rain. When she finally had enough courage to let go of her knees, something jerked at her.
“Clear!” a woman’s voice said.
Another pull.
“We’ve got a pulse.”
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